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Heiner Steven
I don't know if this is the right news group for my question.
If it is not, please direct me to the right one(s).
On a virus-ridden Windows 2000 system I used "regedit"
to remove all entries from the repository that had the
string "svchost.exe" in it. (I know, I know, ...).
After that, some functions of the system are no longer
working, most notably dial-up networking.
Does anybody know how I could make Windows 2000 re-create
the entries, or at least remove them entirely?
Since I don't know how to restore the original entries,
I tried the following ways to make Windows 2000 re-create
them itself:
o Create a new dial-up connection with the needed data.
This was not possible, because the "new connection" icon
is missing in the "Dial-Up Networking" configuration.
o Remove and re-install dial-up networking.
This was not possible either, because the software installation
dialogs don't list dial-up networking as a software component
that can be removed or installed
o Started Windows 2000 in "repair" mode, and accepting
all options that were given to repair something.
This brought the Windows 2000 service pack 4 system
back to the installation CD version, but did not help
regarding the dial-up networking.
o Install other standard networking packages (e.g. SNMP)
in the vague hope that installing new networking software
would make the system re-consider invalid repository
entries.
It did not.
o Installing Dial-Up Networking on Windows XP, creating
repository snapshots before and afterward, and finding
the relevant new entries that were added.
The changes were too numerous to try on the Windows 2000
system, and maybe even XP specific.
o Trying several programs that claimed they could repair
the repository.
In this case, they could not.
The next step would be a complete new installation of
Windows 2000. I would like to avoid this, because I have
the feeling there should be s simpler way.
Does anybody have an idea on how to re-create the "svchost.exe"
entries for dial-up networking?
Heiner
If it is not, please direct me to the right one(s).
On a virus-ridden Windows 2000 system I used "regedit"
to remove all entries from the repository that had the
string "svchost.exe" in it. (I know, I know, ...).
After that, some functions of the system are no longer
working, most notably dial-up networking.
Does anybody know how I could make Windows 2000 re-create
the entries, or at least remove them entirely?
Since I don't know how to restore the original entries,
I tried the following ways to make Windows 2000 re-create
them itself:
o Create a new dial-up connection with the needed data.
This was not possible, because the "new connection" icon
is missing in the "Dial-Up Networking" configuration.
o Remove and re-install dial-up networking.
This was not possible either, because the software installation
dialogs don't list dial-up networking as a software component
that can be removed or installed
o Started Windows 2000 in "repair" mode, and accepting
all options that were given to repair something.
This brought the Windows 2000 service pack 4 system
back to the installation CD version, but did not help
regarding the dial-up networking.
o Install other standard networking packages (e.g. SNMP)
in the vague hope that installing new networking software
would make the system re-consider invalid repository
entries.
It did not.
o Installing Dial-Up Networking on Windows XP, creating
repository snapshots before and afterward, and finding
the relevant new entries that were added.
The changes were too numerous to try on the Windows 2000
system, and maybe even XP specific.
o Trying several programs that claimed they could repair
the repository.
In this case, they could not.
The next step would be a complete new installation of
Windows 2000. I would like to avoid this, because I have
the feeling there should be s simpler way.
Does anybody have an idea on how to re-create the "svchost.exe"
entries for dial-up networking?
Heiner